• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for cramps in calf muscles)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for low potassium (hypokalemia))
• Side effects

  Severe (pain)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 99 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I ended up with too much Potassium in my system which caused severe joint pain, mostly in my ankles. When I stopped the Potassium, the pain stopped.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for cramps in calf muscles)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for low potassium (hypokalemia))
• Side effects

  None
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 99 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I seem to have developed a problem with low potassium in my blood as I have aged and with all of the meds I take. In hospital, we were encouraged to take Potassium supplements when our blood counts dropped, so with my doctor's approval, I continued a lower dose supplement once discharged.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  None (for constipation)
• Effectiveness

  None (for fatigue)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for heart palpitations)
• Effectiveness

  None (for muscle and joint pain)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for muscle spasms)
• Effectiveness

  None (for sleep paralysis)
• Effectiveness

  None (for stiffness/spasticity)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for vitamin deficiency)
• Side effects

  None
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: As needed

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for muscle spasms)
• Side effects

  None
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: As needed

Advice & Tips: Haven't had muscle spasms since I started taking it.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  None (for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
• Side effects

  None
• Adherence

  Sometimes
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 99 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly